Entropy as an arrow of time

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Entropy as an arrow of time

Quality:

Entropy - only quantity in the physical sciences that requires a particular direction for time. Article “Entropy as an arrow of time” in English Wikipedia has 37.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 11 references and 13 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 1.99 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Entropy as an arrow of time”, its content was written by 133 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 185 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 166 times in English Wikipedia and cited 415 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #24704 in September 2021
  • Global: #84285 in September 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #12092 in December 2016
  • Global: #28862 in December 2016

There are 7 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Entropy as an arrow of time
37.7635
2Polish (pl)
Termodynamiczna strzałka czasu
35.1794
3Korean (ko)
시간의 화살로서의 엔트로피
27.2077
4Catalan (ca)
Entropia com a fletxa del temps
24.3556
5Romanian (ro)
Entropia și săgeata timpului
19.2504
6Arabic (ar)
إنتروبيا وسهم الزمن
6.947
7Persian (fa)
آنتروپی (پیکان زمان)
1.2774
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Entropy as an arrow of time" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Entropy as an arrow of time
1 269 483
2Polish (pl)
Termodynamiczna strzałka czasu
88 828
3Arabic (ar)
إنتروبيا وسهم الزمن
31 537
4Persian (fa)
آنتروپی (پیکان زمان)
14 121
5Korean (ko)
시간의 화살로서의 엔트로피
3 151
6Romanian (ro)
Entropia și săgeata timpului
231
7Catalan (ca)
Entropia com a fletxa del temps
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Entropy as an arrow of time" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Entropy as an arrow of time
5 311
2Korean (ko)
시간의 화살로서의 엔트로피
221
3Arabic (ar)
إنتروبيا وسهم الزمن
111
4Polish (pl)
Termodynamiczna strzałka czasu
100
5Persian (fa)
آنتروپی (پیکان زمان)
57
6Romanian (ro)
Entropia și săgeata timpului
21
7Catalan (ca)
Entropia com a fletxa del temps
5
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Entropy as an arrow of time" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Entropy as an arrow of time
133
2Polish (pl)
Termodynamiczna strzałka czasu
30
3Persian (fa)
آنتروپی (پیکان زمان)
9
4Arabic (ar)
إنتروبيا وسهم الزمن
8
5Korean (ko)
시간의 화살로서의 엔트로피
3
6Catalan (ca)
Entropia com a fletxa del temps
1
7Romanian (ro)
Entropia și săgeata timpului
1
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Entropy as an arrow of time" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Catalan (ca)
Entropia com a fletxa del temps
2
2Arabic (ar)
إنتروبيا وسهم الزمن
0
3English (en)
Entropy as an arrow of time
0
4Persian (fa)
آنتروپی (پیکان زمان)
0
5Korean (ko)
시간의 화살로서의 엔트로피
0
6Polish (pl)
Termodynamiczna strzałka czasu
0
7Romanian (ro)
Entropia și săgeata timpului
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Entropy as an arrow of time" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Entropy as an arrow of time
166
2Romanian (ro)
Entropia și săgeata timpului
108
3Persian (fa)
آنتروپی (پیکان زمان)
87
4Arabic (ar)
إنتروبيا وسهم الزمن
37
5Polish (pl)
Termodynamiczna strzałka czasu
13
6Korean (ko)
시간의 화살로서의 엔트로피
4
7Catalan (ca)
Entropia com a fletxa del temps
0
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
إنتروبيا وسهم الزمن
caCatalan
Entropia com a fletxa del temps
enEnglish
Entropy as an arrow of time
faPersian
آنتروپی (پیکان زمان)
koKorean
시간의 화살로서의 엔트로피
plPolish
Termodynamiczna strzałka czasu
roRomanian
Entropia și săgeata timpului

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#12092
12.2016
Global:
#28862
12.2016

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#24704
09.2021
Global:
#84285
09.2021

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Entropy from Wikipedia articles about Arrow of time, The Persistence of Memory, Heat death of the universe, Heat death paradox and Big Rip. Whereas reading the article about Entropy people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Arrow of time, Entropy, Loschmidts paradox, Second law of thermodynamics and T-symmetry.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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